Jiricateres—new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A new genus, Jiricateres Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, gen. nov., and three new extinct species of bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera, Lophocateridae), are described and illustrated from studied set of inclusions in Baltic and Rovno amber. The Baltic amber lophocaterid Promanodes alleni Kolibáč, 2011 is herein transferred to this genus. The identification key for the representatives of the genus, namely Jiricateres alleni (Kolibáč, 2011) comb. nov. J. storozhenkoi Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., J. damzeni Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., and J. ukrainicus Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov. is provided.
Source: Zootaxa
Institutions: National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Daugavpils University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak, Altai State University, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Language: English
Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4415599862